Memorial Dedicated To Jaipal Reddy At Necklace Road On His Birth Anniversary
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (Maxim News): Spoorthi Sthal, a memorial built to honour former Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy, was dedicated here on Tuesday to mark his 82nd birth anniversary.
The memorial has come up on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake on necklace Road, next to the memorial of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao.
State Ministers and senior Congress leaders paid rich tributes to Jaipal Reddy, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 77.
The Congress government headed by the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has decided to celebrate the birth and death anniversary of Jaipal Reddy in a befitting manner. A government order was issued to this effect on January 12. CM Revanth Reddy who is married to the niece of Jaipal Reddy, paid tributes to the late leader.
Revanth Reddy, who is away in Davos to attend the World Economic forum meeting, posted his tributes on ‘X’. He described Jaipal Reddy as a symbol of Gandhism and a pride of Telangana.
Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, tummala Nageswara Rao, Jupally krishna Rao, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and others paid tributes to Jaipal Reddy at his memorial. They stated that the former Union Minister always stood by his principles and ideology. Nageswara Rao said the late leader enjoyed respect cutting across party lines.
The ministers described Jaipal Reddy as a leader who upheld high values in public life. He said that the entire Telangana is proud of Jaipal Reddy, who was also honoured as the best Parliamentarian.
Jaipal Reddy memorial Foundation has developed at Spoorthi Sthal. The Indian Society of Landscape Architects, on behalf of the S.Jaipal Reddy memorial Foundation, organised a memorial landscape design competition. The best design was adopted and developed accordingly keeping in mind the local environment. (Maxim News)
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